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kee machine gun, they threw up their hands and sur- 
rendered. The story is probably all the better be- 
cause its truth is doubtful. 
Since its perfection the Akeley camera has been 
carried into many of the far-away corners of the globe 
by museum expeditions and explorers. The Katmai 
Expedition of the National Geographic Society, the 
Mulford Biological Expedition to the Amazon Basin, 
the Third Asiatic Expedition of the American Museum 
of Natural History, the MacMillan Arctic Associa- 
tion, and the British Guiana Tropical Research Sta- 
tion at Kartabo under the direction of William Beebe,, 
are some of those which have been equipped with 
Akeleys. In taking “‘Nanook of the North,” the 
picture made for popular distribution by the Revillon 
Fréres Arctic Expedition, Mr. Flaherty used two of 
my cameras. Martin Johnson, whose motion pic- 
tures of the South Sea Islands and of Africa have 
won him renown as a “‘camera hunter,” is planning 
to include three in the equipment for his next African 
expedition. To a degree at least, the camera is ac- 
complishing the purpose for which it was designed. 
While I had little idea at first that this camera would 
fill any other needs than my own, as it has been per- 
fected it has proved its practicability for general use. 
The fundamental difference between the Akeley 
motion-picture camera and the others is a panoramic 
device which enables one to swing it all about, much 
as one would swing a swivel gun, following the natural 
line of vision. Thus instead of having to manipulate 
two cranks with the left hand, one to tilt the camera 
